African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History (9781616209001)
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Author: Tracey Baptiste
"In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner's guide to pre-colonial Africa."
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (10/19/2021)
Hardcover: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1616209003
ISBN-13: 9781616209001
Reading age: 10 - 14 years
Grade level: 4th Grade - 9th Grade
Item Weight: 1.05lbs
Dimensions: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
"In African Icons, Baptiste engages in the hard work of unveiling the myths about the African continent to young readers . . . This is a great beginner's guide to pre-colonial Africa."
--Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning and How to Be an Antiracist Meet ten real-life kings, queens, inventors, scholars, and visionaries who lived in Africa thousands of years ago and changed the world. Black history began long ago with the many cultures and people of the African continent. Through portraits of ten heroic figures, author Tracey Baptiste takes readers on a journey across Africa to meet some of the great leaders and thinkers whose vision built a continent and shaped the world. Illustrator Hillary D. Wilson's brilliant portraits accompany each profile, along with vivid, information-filled landscapes, maps, and graphics for readers to pore over and return to again and again.
Publisher: Algonquin Young Readers (10/19/2021)
Hardcover: 176 pages
ISBN-10: 1616209003
ISBN-13: 9781616209001
Reading age: 10 - 14 years
Grade level: 4th Grade - 9th Grade
Item Weight: 1.05lbs
Dimensions: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.70d
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 8.3
Point Value: 5
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 513863 / African Icons: Ten People Who Shaped History
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 06/01/2021 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2021
Publishers Weekly 09/20/2021
School Library Journal 10/01/2021 pg. 106
About the Author
Tracey Baptiste, author of the acclaimed Jumbies series, lived in Trinidad until she was fifteen; she grew up on jumbie stories and fairy tales. She is also the author of the New York Times bestseller Minecraft: The Crash. Visit her online at traceybaptiste.com and on Twitter: @TraceyBaptiste.
